okumeggana, okulwana bukende.

omumegganyi.

o-: kulwana bukende, to wrestle. cf. olukende.

e- (ki/bi) trip, fall; throw in wrestling; wrestling; wrestling match, kukuba kigwo. to throw (in wrestling), kukwata kigwo, to wrestle, omukubi w'ekigwo, wrestler. Ngudde kigwo. I have fallen/tripped, kugwa kigwo, to be wasted/squandered. Essente ze nnawaayo okusomesa omwana oyo zaagwa kigwo. The money I spent to educate that child was utterly wasted, cf. gwa.

a-: okugwa amaliri, to fall together/at the same time (as two wrestlers); to tie, reach a tie (of two teams in an athletic contest).

nyoolagana (-nyoo- laganye) v.i. recip. twist one another; grapple with one another (of wrestlers).

o- (tu/-) sleep; sleepiness, kufa tulo, to be numerous/abundant, exist in great quantity. Alina ensimbi zifa tulo. He has a great deal of money. Tulo tuzira! Tumegga ab'amaanyi. (prov.) Sleep is brave! It wrestles even the strong. Tulo tetumanyi alirira nnyina. (prov.) Sleep does not recognize even the one who mourns his mother's (death), cf. omulo.

struggle with (e.g., one's course of studies). cf. omumegganyi; megguza.

o- (mu /mi) trouble, something to wrestle' with. cf. liga, ligana.

v.i. be or become warm/ hot (both of things and persons); fig. warm up (to a subject); become excited; get enthusiastic. Olwayanze omupiira luti, embooge yabadde tannaba na kubuguma aba Kenya ne bateeba eggoolo. The game had hardly started when the Kenya team made a goal, lit. the embooge had hardly warmed up. Ebifuba byababugumye. They wrestled furiously.

o- (mu/ba) wrestler, cf. megga.

v.i. recip. throw each other down; wrestle.

o- (mu/ba) lit. one who grasps/ catches; one who comprehends quickly, omukwasi w'ekigwo, wrestler, abakwasi b'amateeka, law-abiding citizens, cf. kwata.

assail each other verbally.

play, wrestle playfully. cf. omuligano.